D
New York Giants
Williams is the plan now, and the Giants grade out a D.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 9 steals
· 5 reaches
The Giants spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Dominick Puni, the No. 89 name on the board, in pick No. 204. Put together, it is a D.
Reaching for Wallace left real value on the table behind him. Caleb Williams is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 7 they get a long-term answer under center. A clean fit for the roster.
In the 8th pick they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Circle this one: Brock Bowers at pick 47 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Taking Jonathon Brooks in the 74th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
They robbed the room for Chris Braswell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Zak Zinter at the 107th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They went early on Kitan Oladapo in No. 141, and the value did not follow. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A wild overpay on Caedan Wallace in Round 6, Pick 7, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Fabien Lovett. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Andru Phillips in the 184th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Steele Chambers at pick No. 185, and it noticed. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ty'Ron Hopper in slot 198. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
No edge and no loss on Erick All in No. 200; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Dominick Puni in Round 6, Pick 29 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
M.J. Devonshire in pick 209 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Jordan Magee at the 213th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
KT Leveston in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Keith Randolph Jr. in the 221st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Cornelius Johnson at No. 227 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.